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The event is one of the major activities under the ‘French Month in Vietnam’, celebrating the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomatic ties. This year’s event will feature around 40 pavilions from French enterprises, restaurants and hotels. Typical products, such as cheese, cake, syrup, jam and pate will be displayed and sold with discounts of up to 50%. Speaking at a press conference on November 21, Consul-General of France in Ho Chi Minh City Vincent Floreani said that ‘Balade en France’ is expected to welcome over 4,000 visitors. Notably, artists from both Vietnam and France will give unique arts performances, highlighting the cultural and artisticinteraction between the two countries. In addition, non-government organisations will host entertainment activities for children and their families, including street music contests, wine tasting, sweepstakes and face painting. The ‘Balade en France 2018’ will be held in Hanoi from December 14 … [Read more...] about Festival introduces French cuisine to Vietnamese people

Glamour Editor-In-Chief Samantha Barry announced the change in an email to staff. — AFP PhotoViet Nam News NEW YORK — Glamour, the fashion and beauty magazine popular with young women, is ditching its monthly print editions and embracing the online revolution, its chief editor and publishers Conde Nast announced on Tuesday. As Conde Nast navigates choppy waters for print media, Glamour’s 37-year-old editor-in-chief Samantha Barry announced the change in an email to staff, saying that special print editions would still be released. "We’re going to move off of a monthly print schedule, but please know this does not mean we are ceasing print entirely," she wrote. "We’re going to use print the way our audiences do – to celebrate big moments, like Women of the Year, with special issues that are ambitious, lush and have longevity," she added. The focus on digital investment will expand the magazine’s video and social story telling. It comes … [Read more...] about Glamour embraces digital, drops regular print edition

Vijay Singh. — Photo sportsnet.caViet Nam News Golf MIAMI — Three-time major champion Vijay Singh of Fiji and the US PGA Tour announced on Tuesday they have reached a settlement deal over a 2013 doping dispute over deer-antler spray. The issue began with comments Singh made five years ago to Sports Illustrated for a story about steroid alternatives, the Fijian saying he had used deer antler spray. The PGA Tour suspended Singh after finding the spray contained IGF-1, a banned substance under the tour’s anti-doping rules. Singh appealed the 90-day suspension and while the case was considered, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled it no longer considered using the spray a doping violation unless there was a failed drug test involved. That was not the case in Singh’s situation so the ban was revoked. Singh, however, sued the tour later in 2013, saying he was treated unfairly in how the doping violation was handled, causing unfair harm to his reputation. … [Read more...] about Singh, US PGA Tour settle deer-antler doping dispute

Central American migrants traveling to the US rest in a park in Mexicali, Baja California State, Mexico. — AFP/VNA PhotoViet Nam News WASHINGTON — A US federal judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from denying asylum to people who enter the country illegally, prompting the president to allege on Tuesday that the court was biased against him. Trump issued the proclamation earlier this month, citing "national security" concerns, as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants made its way through Mexico toward the US border. The order said that only those who enter the US at official checkpoints -- as opposed to sneaking across the border -- can apply for asylum. But US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump proclamation, thus granting a request from human rights groups that had sued shortly after the order was announced. "It’s a disgrace," Trump said, alleging judicial bias … [Read more...] about US federal judge blocks Trump asylum claim restrictions

Yemeni pro-government forces ride in a pickup truck mounted with a machine gun on the outskirts of the Hodeida on November 18. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News SANAA — UN envoy Martin Griffiths prepared on Tuesday to head to war-torn Yemen to lay the groundwork for peace talks in Sweden, after fresh fighting shook the flashpoint city of Hodeida. Griffiths -- whose efforts at kickstarting peace talks collapsed in September -- is again trying to get the Iran-aligned Huthi rebels and the Saudi-backed government to the negotiating table by the end of the year. He is expected to meet with Huthi officials in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday. Both sides have in the past week expressed support for the envoy and his mission to hold talks in Stockholm, but fierce clashes flared up in the Red Sea city of Hodeida late Tuesday. This followed battles on Monday that military officials said were the worst since loyalists halted an offensive last week, concentrated in the eastern part of … [Read more...] about UN prepares ground for Yemen peace talks as battles flare